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Media Mentions from 2016
What the U.S. Can teach Canada About Supreme Court Appointments, Allan C. Hutchinson, Globe & Mail, April 7
Ottawa Should Shutter the Office of Religious Freedom, Bruce B. Ryder, Toronto Star, February 25
Redesigning The Economy, Shanthi Senthe Senthe, The Islamic Monthly, April 19
Commentary: John Kasich Trumped By Canada’s Anti-Spam Law?, Barry B. Sookman, Cable & Telecom, March 23
My Appearance Before the Trade Committee on the TPP, Barry B. Sookman, Barry Sookman, May 5
Why Canada has Nothing to Fear Over TPP and Intellectual Property, Barry B. Sookman, Financial Post, January 6
The Goal of Legalized Cannabis Shouldn’t Be Corporate Gold, Alan Young, Globe & Mail, June 16
Media Mentions from 2015
30 public sector procurement specialists participating in training course, Jamaica Information Service, February 23
Access to Justice in International Tort Cases: Chevron Corporation v Yaiguaje, OBA.org, September 21
Activism Gets Granular, Lexpert Magazine, February 1
Adam Dodek: Pull back the curtain on the Harper-Trudeau transition, Ottawa Citizen, October 26
Addressing global mental health: The role of sustainable development goals, Juxtaposition, November 13
Advocates For The Wrongly Convicted, Lawyers, A Forensic Scientist And A Police Officer Weigh In On How To Fix The System, Toronto Star, June 14
Against all odds, Legal Aid Ontario is getting better: Goar, Toronto Star, March 27
Alain Philippon phone password case: Powers of border agents and police differ, CBC News, March 6
All about colour, ‘nothing else’, Toronto Sun, June 13
A look at the hidden force behind the rise of executive pay: consultants, Globe and Mail, December 6
Amber Rose led a rally to blast culture of body shaming and victim blaming, TakePart, October 4
An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (requirements for labour organizations), Exchange Magazine (Waterloo, ON), June 18
Analysis shows European Commission’s ‘improved’ corporate sovereignty model would actually make things much worse, Techdirt (Redwood City, CA), June 11
Anti-terrorism bill C-51 ‘dangerous’ legislation, 100 academics say, CBC News, March 3
A parade of ISDS reforms: The Commission’s new float, EurActiv (The EU), May 7
A rare and surprising moment of legal accountability in Chad serves notice across Africa, GlobalPost (Boston, MA), April 15
Are we doing enough to optimize the student body’s mental health?, Associate Dean, November 30
As an academic, Liberal MP critiqued TPP copyright rule he may have to support, iPolitics, December 9
Assault charges dropped against pair of police officers, Toronto Star, November 11
Assisted Suicide, CBC Radio Metro Morning, June 18
A Toronto judge, two veteran prosecutors, and a lion for the defence: Who’s who in the Mike Duffy trial, Ottawa Citizen, April 6
Attacks under the guise of parliamentary privilege, Canadian Lawyer (Scarborough, ON), March 23
AUDIO: Is the Supreme Court too politicized?, CBC Radio The 180, April 19
Banning “bad” blood: Reconsidering blood donation policies, Juxtaposition, December 9
‘Before the courts’ is not an excuse, CBC Radio The 180 with Jim Brown, September 13
Be part of the solution, Investment Executive (North York, ON), July 1
Beware of trolls: Experts raise concerns about Canada’s new trademark law, CBA PracticeLink, March 1
Beware of trolls: Experts raise concerns about Canada’s new trademark law, CBA PracticeLink, February 1
Black History Month does not erase a history of racism, Huffington Post Blog, February 10
‘Brilliant’ operation targets underworld’s upper crust, Montreal Gazette, November 19
Building legal education in Canada for the future, Lexpert, September 1
Canada a world leader in surrendering its sovereignty, The Battlefords News-Optimist (North Battleford, SK), June 29
Canada: From energy superpower to world colony?, CBC News - Manitoba, January 13
Canada lacks proper indemnity fund for investors, Investor Recovery Conference hosted by Osgoode and FAIR, Advisor.ca, October 27
Canada Post would win a super mailbox court challenge: expert, CBC News, April 20
Canada refugee program to exclude single men: CBC, Radio Canada International, November 23
Canada’s refugee acceptance rate up despite asylum restrictions, Toronto Star, March 1
Canadian anti-terror bill opens door for human rights abuses, law scholars argue,, The Guardian, February 27
Canadian border guards tried to "cover their asses" after strip search of U.S, students, report, Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON), April 24
Canadian courts could face climate-change cases in wake of Dutch ruling, Globe and Mail, September 15
Canadian court strikes down niqab ban for new citizens, Christian Science Monitor (Boston, MA), February 8
Canadian startup launches law search engine, ECO media release, September 24
Canadian universities search for balance in accepting corporate money, Globe and Mail, November 13
Can I sue an app company if I get in a crash due to bad directions?, Globe and Mail, February 3
Can’t attend bail court? New app connects criminal lawyers, Globe and Mail, April 12
Carding is a racist blot on the Canadian landscape, Toronto Star, June 18
Carding opponent: Chief justifies ‘arbitrary detention based on fear’, CBC, October 22
Carding policy to be challenged in court; Osgoode Hall law student aims to have the police stops declared unconstitutional, and have the data destroyed, Globe and Mail, June 11
Carter & dying with dignity: now comes the hard part, Canadian Lawyer (Scarborough, ON), February 9
Challenging Boardroom Homogeneity, The Faculty Lounge, June 1
Champion of Syrian human rights now calls Canada home, Toronto Sun, December 19
Changing the state of gender diversity on TSX-listed exec teams, BNN Video, September 29
Column: Concerns over Bill C-51 not addressed, Surrey North Delta Leader (Surrey, BC), May 8
Comments on the European Commission’s approach to investor-state arbitration, 55pp, Boston Indymedia, April 18
Confronting the mental health stigma in the legal profession, Lexpert, May 11
Congratulations – and some questions – for Canada’s ministers on our refugee policy, Globe and Mail, November 26
Conservative senators hold kangaroo court on security, Toronto Star, March 7
Convicted killer’s appeal request dismissed by top court, Yahoo.com Daily Brew, October 15
COP21 must address the trade cost of carbon pricing: Don Pittis, CBC News, November 25
Could Canadian lawyers replicate the landmark Dutch climate victory?, DeSmog Canada, September 17
Could court decision barring prayer from Quebec council affect Parliament?, Global News, April 15
Courts likely to be next battleground for Canadian companies with foreign ops, SNL Financial, June 24
Creative accounting and the sales pitch for ISDS, EurActiv (The EU), March 6
Criminal justice not that just, or humane, Barrie Examiner, September 16
Critics denounce continued use of controversial Motherisk hair tests, OurWindsor.ca, April 17
Crowd-sourcing and courts, Edmonton Examiner.com (Edmonton, AB), February 7
CSIS oversight is alive and well, Globe and Mail, February 3
Custody and Disability, AMI-audio, November 29
Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School responds to comment by Avi Benlolo, YFile, September 28
Death by Boat, Globe and Mail Letter to the Editor, April 22
Deficits: Past, Present and Future, TVO The Agenda with Steve Paikin, October 9
Demand for Canadian surrogates surging, industry insiders say, Yahoo! News CA, September 8
Democracy from the ground up, CBC Metro Morning, September 8
Digging in foreign lands, OHS Canada Magazine (North York, ON), April 22
‘Disembodied’ lawyers urged to get mindful, Lawyers Weekly (Toronto/Ottawa, ON), May 22
Do Canadians know what they just voted for?, Al Jazeera, February 25
Does logging on First Nations land violate the Charter?, TVO Current Affairs, September 21
Does Stephen Harper care about Muslims?, The Harper Decade, May 21
Does the Commission’s new proposal mark the end of ISDS?, PopularResistance.org, September 21
Doubts over EU’s proposals for saving US trade deal, Daily Mail Online (UK), June 16
Dufferin-Caledon MP’s office won’t release Syrian refugee petition, Caledon Enterprise, December 10
Duo delivers blow to judge despite ruling, Lawyers Weekly, December 11
Election 2015: Candidates Discuss Bill C-51, The Daily News (Nanaimo), September 8
Election commentary: Canada’s international trade, Toronto Star, September 28
Empowering asset owners, Top1000funds.com, November 4
E-petition demands inquiry into wartime allegations of Afghan prisoner torture, City News, December 17
ERHA Hosts First Annual Conference, The Emory Wheel, November 16
Eva Melamed first Jewish woman in McGill sports hall, Canadian Jewish News, November 25
Executive compensation – ‘a system so perfect that no one needs to be good’, Globe and Mail, December 11
Experts question accuracy of New York Times story on Chinese taxation, Taxanalysts.com, January 22
Fake pot laws raise host of problems, say lawyers, iPolitics (Ottawa, ON), February 12
Federal Court judge under review for berating sex assault complainant, CBC News, November 10
Five amazing things happening in Canada. Tell us some more, Huffington Post, March 18